Author Archives: Mr Lareef Samad

HIGHLIGHTS OF SOTHEBY’S FINE JEWELS LONDON AUTUMN SALE – SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In a Press Release dated August 31, 2017, Sotheby’s Auction House has announced the holding of its Fine Jewels London Autumn Sale on September 20, 2017 at its New Bond Street, May Fair, London Auction Centre. A total of 297 Lots will be on offer at the Auction, which will be held in two sessions; […]

HIGHLIGHTS OF BONHAMS LONDON FINE JEWELLERY AUCTION – SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

London-based Bonhams Auction House, one of the world’s largest and most renowned auction houses, founded in the late 18th-century and dealing in fine art, antiques, motor cars and jewellery, has announced the holding of its Fine Jewelry Auctions at its 101, New Bond Street flagship saleroom in London, on 20th September 2017. A total of […]

SRI LANKA COLORED GEMSTONES CARRY THREE TOP HONOURS AT THE 2017 AGTA SPECTRUM AWARDS

The 35th Edition of American Gem Trade Association’s prestigious annual event, the AGTA Spectrum Awards™ 2017, an annual natural colored gemstone & cultured pearl jewelry design competition and the AGTA Cutting Edge Awards 2017, honoring creativity in lapidary arts, including faceted gems and pearls, carvings, and objects of art, was held in New York on […]

RESULTS OF THE 2017 AGTA SPECTRUM AWARDS COMPETITION

The AGTA Spectrum Awards™, an annual natural colored gemstone & cultured pearl jewelry design competition launched in 1984, is considered the most respected and prestigious creative award for the jewelry design industry, honoring, recognizing and promoting designers, whose work utilizes natural colored gemstones and cultured pearls in finished fine jewelry design. The awards have become […]

LUCARA TO ENTER PARTNERSHIP TO SELL LESEDI LA RONA DIAMOND

The 1,109-carat, colorless/white, Type 11a “Lesedi La Rona” rough diamond, the second largest gem-quality rough diamond ever discovered, recovered from Lucara Diamond Corporation’s Karowe Mine situated at Botswana, on November 16, 2015, has up to now remained unsold, since the diamond was offered for sale at Sotheby’s London, stand-alone auction on June 29, 2016 and […]

ALROSA’S DYNASTY COLLECTION OF DIAMONDS TO BE SOLD ONLINE IN NOVEMBER 2017

In a Press Release dated August 1, 2017, Alrosa, the World’s leading producer of rough diamonds, has announced the unveiling of a unique collection of five finished diamonds, processed at its modern cutting and polishing facilities, christened the “Dynasty Collection,” at an event held at Moscow’s Four Seasons Hotel on August 01, 2017. The five […]

TWO INDIAN NATIONALS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF ATTEMPTED THEFT OF SARINE’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Sarine Technologies Ltd, the Israeli-based, Singapore Exchange Mainboard-listed Company, established in 1988, the worldwide leader in the development and manufacture and sale of advanced, cutting edge, state-of-the-art evaluation, planning, cutting, shaping, polishing and grading systems for diamond and gemstone production, in a press release dated July 23, 2017 has announced the arrest in Tel Aviv […]

HRD ANTWERP DETECTS POLISHED TOPAZ IMITATING ROUGH DIAMONDS

HRD Antwerp in a press release dated 12th July, 2017, announced that two large, near-colorless rough stones weighing 50.08 ct and 38.18 ct, submitted to their research department for identification and quality assessment, were actually found to be cheap Topaz and not diamonds, as the owner of the stones was made to believe. Colorless topaz […]

ALROSA DIAMOND SALES TOP USD 365 Mn IN JUNE AND USD 2.5 Bn FOR H1

In a Press Release dated July 10, 2017, ALROSA Group, the World’s leading producer of diamonds, has announced the results of their diamond sales for the month of June, as well as the results of total sales for the first-half of year 2017. According to the release, ALROSA Group had sold US$ 365 million worth […]

THIRD EDITION OF DDE’S BIENNIAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16 & 17, 2017

The biennial Dubai Diamond Conference organized for the third time by the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) will be held on October 16 and 17, 2017, according to a Press Release by the DDE dated July 5, 2017. The theme of the 3rd-edition of the conference will be “Destination Next – Shaping the future of an […]

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